In Caliente

Friends don’t let friends marry gold diggers. A pal (Edward Everett Horton) whisks Manhattan Madness critic Larry MacArthur (Pat O’Brien) 3,000 miles away from a husband-hunting honey to the sun, song and gaming of Agua Caliente. What neither gent knows is that performer Rita Gomez (Dolores del Rio) is there—and she’d love to get revenge for the unfair critical slam Larry gave her New York City tour. Silliness shines in In Caliente, a musical comedy whose Busby Berkeley numbers include the horses and hordes of “Muchacha” and the elegant “The Lady in Red,” a tune used often in Warner Bros. cartoons and rendered here in a way that’s “perfectly photographed and really a thing of beauty” (Frank S. Nugent, The New York Times).